Yes, I'm still here!

It has just been incredibly busy around here.  Thursday the kids and I had lunch with my small group from church and then we went to Costco where I lost my membership card on the way in and immediately went to find it and it was gone.  Now I have to get a new one printed but did not have time that day.  That night I went with a wonderful group of ladies that I work with at church and we had a craft night.  Peggy was so generous and  allowed us all into her beautiful home and helped us create wreaths, centerpieces, and pine cones hung with ribbon.  I chose to make all 3 thanks to Karen for bringing extra wreaths.  We had so much fun and ate lots of yummy food and laughed a lot!  I'm so thankful for these ladies as they add so much to my life.  I thank God every day for bringing them into my life.  

On Friday the kids and I headed over to another friend's house to watch her kids for the day while she worked.  I loaded up a huge bag full of crafts and off we went.  She has a little boy Andrew's age...they even share a birthday.  Her twin girls are only 3 weeks older than Grace.  The kids were all so well behaved.  No fighting over toys...well, except Grace.  The boys kept trying to take her necklaces that she insisted on carrying around all day and then she would throw a fit but other than that the day went really well.  When I got home around 7 I baked Mexican Wedding Cookies for my friend Leigh (she insists that she loves them and mine supposedly turn out the best).  Looks like I will have to mail them from now on rather than give them to her in person since she is moving far, far away.  That leads us to today.  In this terrible weather...high winds, constant downpour and low visibility I drove to her house.  My hubby (whom drives the pass everyday) didn't warn me about what it would be like to drive in this weather.  I rarely go down the pass, especially not in bad weather so I forgot.  Anyway, we (all the cars on the road with me) drove down very slowly with our emergency blinkers on.  I wanted to stay the night but was afraid tomorrow wouldn't be any better so I made the trip back and I don't think I even took a breath until I was more than halfway home (at the scales for those of you that know where that is).  But I am home....a lot of prayers were said in that truck today for safety for me and all of those around me.  Anyway, I finally got to see the twins, Gwendelyn and Elaina, the girls that my friend had in October while I was away.  She was in the hospital for a little over 10 weeks waiting for these miracles to get here.  They are so precious and doing so well.  They are also sooo tiny.  They are technically 7 weeks but had they been born on time I believe they would only be about 2 weeks old so they sleep a lot.  Well, at least a lot in the daytime...I've heard differently about nights.  I went down to see the babies and help her pack as she is leaving us soon and moving to the East Coast for her husband's job.  I'm hoping to get down there one more time to see her and the girls before they leave.  I tried to help her pack a few things and hold babies.  I finished a couple pages in her scrapbooks for her so she didn't have to worry about it later when she ever finds them again.  She also gave me some dresses, one of which I am going to wear to the Christmas Party this week.  I'm sure I have probably bored you enough about all of this but I plan to upload some pictures soon.  I am actually running out of space on here so I have to either clear out some albums or break down and purchase more space.  Have a wonderful Sunday and stay warm!